Entering the post-industrial age, knowledge has become an important asset for sustained competitive advantage. In recent years, a new type of patent acquirers has emerged. These companies do not produce goods and therefore, do not need patents in their historical meaning, they acquire patents and aggregate patent portfolios and little is known about them. This book defines patent aggregating companies and explores their strategies, activities, and their evolution over time, as well as how producing companies can utilize them to leverage their patent portfolios.

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St. Gallen, Switzerland

Frauke Rüther

About the author

Frauke Rüther was Research Associate at the Institute of Technology Management of the University of St. Gallen.

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Book Title: Patent Aggregating Companies
Book Subtitle: Their strategies, activities and options for producing companies
Authors: Frauke Rüther
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-8349-4455-9
Publisher: Springer Gabler Wiesbaden
eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: Gabler Verlag | Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-8349-4454-2Published: 25 September 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-3-8349-4455-9Published: 27 November 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 225
Topics: Business Strategy/Leadership

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

Front Matter

Introduction

Leveraging companies’ patent portfolios – State of the art

Exploring the phenomenon of patent aggregating companies

Potentials offered by patent aggregating companies

Typology of patent aggregating companies

Leveraging patent portfolios by utilizing patent aggregating companies

Conclusion

Back Matter

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